Usual rules apply: synopses are taken from the press releases, snarky commentary is extra, and preview links go to YouTube’s preview pages.. And just in case you were wondering, the DVD prices are the listed retail prices. You can get them cheaper if you buy at discount stores or online.

Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous
Shout! Factory, 96 minutes, not rated, $14.97
The death of a student at the Xavier Institute mansion indicates that an enemy is working from within the X-Men to destroy them. It doesn’t want anything but their complete destruction. Now the X-Men have to find out which one of their own has deceived them. Written by Joss Whedon, who is directing this summer’s “Avengers” flick. This isn’t a traditional cartoon – it’s an animated comic book. Watch the trailer link for a sample. No extras listed.

The Conquest
Music Box Films, 105 minutes, not rated, $29.95
Biopic on French president Nicolas Sarkozy (Denis Podalydes) and his dynamic rise to power, which includes his love/hate relationship with the media. In French, with English subtitles. The difference between this and “The Iron Lady” (see further down the column), is that Sarkozy is still in office and is currently running for reelection. Extras: making-of-featurette.

Conversation Piece / Gruppo Di Famiglia In Un Interno
Raro Video, not rated, $29.98 (BD debut)
A lonely art collector (Burt Lancaster) gets new neighbors when the wife of a rightist industrialist, Marchesa Bianca Brumonti (Silvana Magani), her gigolo Konrad (Helmet Berger), her precocious daughter and her daughter’s boyfriend Stefano rent the upper floor of his apartment building and involve him in their affairs against his will. In Italian with English subtitles. No extras listed.

The Darkest Hour
Summit Entertainment, 89 minutes, PG-13
DVD: $26.99
BD: $30.49
3DBD: $34.99
Five twenty-somethings go to Moscow to party. A series of strange lights begins falling from the sky. Earth is being invaded by aliens bent on sucking up all energy and disintegrating humans. Includes short film on the global resistance to the invasion. Watching the trailer, it almost seems like an homage (or ripoff, if you prefer) of “Cloverfield.” Extras: alternate scenes, commentary, deleted scenes, featurette.

Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters
BBC/Warner Bros., not rated, $34.98
The Third Doctor (Jon Pertwee) takes Jo (Katy Manning) back to 1926, where they land the TARDIS on the SS Bernice. It soon becomes apparent that their fate is being determined by a traveling showman and his assistant, who are using them as participants in an intergalactic peepshow. Extras: commentary, making-of-featurette.

Doctor Who: The Dæmons
BBC/Warner Bros., 122 minutes, not rated, 2 discs, $34.98
The peaceful village of Devil’s End is about to get a bit more excitement: a professor is opening up a burial mound; a white witch is fortelling doom; and the new vicar looks like the Master. It’s up to the Third Doctor (Jon Pertwee), Jo (Katy Manning) and the UNIT to stop the Vicar before he can call up an ancient Dæmon. Digitally remastered. My friend Ross is a Doctor Who expert; here’s his review on this disc. Extras: commentary.

Don Juan Demarco
New Line, 97 minutes, PG-13, $19.98 (BD debut)
A young mental patient in a mask (Johnny Depp) claims to be Don Juan and has been seducing a lot of women. A psychiatrist (Marlon Brando) is trying to figure out his patient’s delusion; Faye Dunaway plays his wife, who would like some Don Juanism in her life. No extras listed.

The Iron Lady
Anchor Bay Entertainment, 105 minutes, PG-13
DVD: $29.98
BD/DVD with digital copy: $39.99
Meryl Streep, in this year’s Best Actress role, plays Margaret Thatcher; the “common” grocer’s daughter who imposed her ambition and steel will to become England’s first woman prime minister, with the help and support of her husband Denis (Jim Broadbent). Stylized biopic reportedly takes a few liberties with the facts, but there’s no denying that if anyone could pull off the role, it’s Meryl Streep. Extras: featurettes, making-of-featurette.

Logan’s Run: Complete Series
Warner Bros., 658 minutes, not rated, 14 episodes, 3 discs, $39.98
TV series based on the popular science fiction flick has Gregory Harrison in the title role. In the future, everyone lives in giant domes and in hedonistic bliss until the age of 30. Then they seek to be “renewed.” Some believe the story of renewal is false, and those who accept it are killed. They seek Sanctuary outside the domes by becoming Runners. Logan is a Sandman, who tracks down Runners. He tries to capture Jessica (Heather Menzies), but she convinces him to go outside the city and seek out Sanctuary. They are chased by Logan’s former partner (Donald Moffat). I remember watching this series as a kid; the main thing I remember was the storyline and the car. Start with the movie first. No extras listed.

Miss Representation
Virgil Films and Entertainment, 88 minutes, not rated, $19.99
Latest film from the Oprah Winfrey Network Documentary Club examines how the path to success for women seems to center on sexual objectification; limiting smart, talented and creative women. Includes interviews with Condoleezza Rice, Lisa Ling, Katie Couric, Rachel Maddow, Gloria Steinem, Jane Fonda and more; all seeking to examine the media’s negative impact on women and their place in society. I’m sure the latest controversy involving Rush Limbaugh didn’t make it into this film, but that’s only just because it’s just happened. Sounds intriguing. Extras: interviews, introduction.

One Tree Hill: The Complete Ninth and Final Season
Warner Bros., 560 minutes, not rated, 13 episodes, 3 discs, $39.98
Final season of nighttime family soap opera/drama wraps up with Brooke and Julian looking forward to raising their twin boys; Clay and Quinn confronting new challenges to their relationship; and Nathan and Haley face their greatest threat yet. Extras: deleted scenes, featurettes, gag reel, Ultraviolet digital copy.

A Streetcar Named Desire
Warner Bros., 125 minutes, PG, $34.99 (BD debut)
Classic Brando film based on the play by Tennessee Williams gets the BD-book treatment. Includes 5 documentaries, plus a 40-page book. Original restored version. Extras: commentary, filmography, outtakes.

Surviving Hitler: A Love Story
Osiris Entertainment, 66 minutes, not rated, $24.98
Documentary about a Jewish teenager in Nazi Germany who joins the resistance and meets a wounded German soldier. They become sweethearts and co-conspirators in a plot to assassinate Hitler. No extras listed.

The Terror Experiment
Anchor Bay Entertainment, 82 minutes, not rated
DVD: $19.98
BD: $24.99
A self-described patriot/terrorist seeks to expose the US government’s secret biological weapon by setting off an explosion in a federal building and unleashing the gas through the ventilation system. The virus causes a berserker reaction in its victims, turning them into murdering zombies.

The Witches of Oz
Image Entertainment, 164 minutes, not rated
DVD: $27.97
BD: $29.97
Dorothy Gale (Paulie Rojas) lives in rural Kansas where she writes children’s books based on the stories of her grandfather, L. Frank Baum. Yes, the guy who wrote “The Wizard Of Oz.” When a publisher flies her to New York, strange things begin to happen. Eventually she realizes that her “stories” are actually repressed memories; she is indeed the Dorothy referenced in the Oz books. And the witches are seeking the magical key to conquering the world. Also stars Billy Boyd, Sean Astin, Lance Henriksen and Christopher Lloyd. Extras: behind-the scenes featurette.